Is there any real sound difference using the optical audio output on this device vs the regular RCA red/white sound output?
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The optical out MUST be connected to a DAC as it is a digital output. This allows you to use a higher quality DAC to convert the signal to analog, so yes, there is the potential that using the optical digital output can produce higher quality sound, but only if the signal is passed to a DAC that is higher quality than the one built into the unit. The analog outputs of the device are very warm and bass heavy.
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I am using the RCA line inputs and it sounds fine. All of the separate TV sound systems that I've heard have excessive bass response, which muffles speech when accompanied by music. With this system, the best settings for delivering clear speech are, using the remote control, set the subwoofer to minimum and select surround sound. There will still be tons of bass response.
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Yes. It has standard red and white audio outs. Which are shown clearly in the photo. And the description states "LINE OUTPUT (STEREO RCA)"
762435
depends. If you have an RCA cable out you can buy a cord that changes a red and white to an AUX headphone jack and plug that into the sound system. If you are trying to use HDMI or optical then no.
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It depends on what input jacks you have on your TV - as I recall, this soundbar had both audio L/R (the red and white tipped cables) and a digital connecton (called TOSLink). If you use the TOSLink connection, you'll get better sound quality yet you'll need to buy the TOSLink cable separately. I was never able to get the TOSLink connection to work on mine (I bought the soundbar for my elderly father who had difficulty hearing the TV) so I ended up using the Audio L/R connection.
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No it doesn't. The input is std. L & R RCA female plugs. I bought a cable from Best Buy that plugs into the stereo output on my tv and splits into L&R; male RCA plugs. I have a fiber optic output but I can't use it with this soundbar. But I am curious if the sound will be better or different with the optic.
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It does NOT have the old standard red and white RCA connectors for audio output. It does include a digital (optical style with the single square plug) audio output port.
1311554
That's a good point, theater environment vs home environment. In that case you would THINK that when they press the disc for home viewing they would remix the audio for that environment...I just got the AVR-591 last month, and I'm LOVING it. The only dislike so far is that the volume numbers are a bit small... I'm kind of OCD and have specific numbers I like for various uses of the receiver, LOL.
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I don't know if it has a RCA audio output but I can't tell you the sound quality is terrible
858346
Digital Optical are much better than RCA. They carry a 5.1 signal, not sure if your sound bar supports that or not... just beware that these cables (at least the ones I received) are not as pictured. They didn't come with the attached caps and were much thinner and more brittle.
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The red and white are rca type audio inputs (red=right, white=left). The black IS the digital coaxial input. If you can't or don't want to use the digital optical input, you can connect whatever it is you want to use with the sound bar via the red and white inputs with an rca type cable providing it has rca type audio outputs (right and left, or red and white).
1969550
yes! use the rca audio in connector on the back. connected to your bluray player audio out on the back! thats the red and white.
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Unless you want your audio to go to a source other than your TV... like a 5.1 stereo setup. And in that case, you'll probably want to use the digital optical or digital coaxial audio output over RCA cables (unless your stereo doesn't support that).
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The only output is a optical out...they do make optical to RCA modules though
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The BDP-BX110 will output sound over HDMI or coaxial digital. If you are asking whether it has the red and white RCA outputs like an old stereo, no, it does not.
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Yes - my TV didn't have an optical out, so I ended up getting a converter; there was a tiny delay in the sound, but it was only perceptible when I had the TV audio on as well.
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according to the product description "The RCA L/R output will not have sound if the incoming audio is multi-channel audio (>2CH)".So the answer depends on what your input audio signal is. it will NOT downmix 5.1 (or any >2channel) audio to stereo.